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  Samsung Galaxy XCover 8 Pro Allegedly Spotted Online; Could Run on Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC

  Samsung Galaxy XCover 8 Pro is expected to hit the market soon as a direct successor to the Galaxy XCover 6 Pro. Ahead of the official reveal, the purported rugged smartphone allegedly appeared on the Geekbench benchmark platform, revealing few key hardware details.

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  New AI Model Can Tell How Your Body Has Aged Using Just 5 Drops Of Blood

  Scientists at Osaka University in Japan have devised a new AI model to estimate a person's biological age - a measure of how well their body has aged, rather than just counting the years since birth.

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  Baidu Releases Ernie 4.5 Foundation Model and Ernie X1 Reasoning Model With Multimodal Capabilities

  Baidu released two new artificial intelligence (AI) models on Sunday. One, Ernie 4.5, is a foundation model that succeeds the company’s previous generation, while the other, Ernie X1, is a reasoning-focused model. The latter is also the Chinese tech giant’s first attempt at a “deep-thinking” AI model, and Baidu claims that the large languag...

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  iPhone 17 Ultra Tipped to Launch This Year, Replacing 'Pro Max' Variant

  Apple is said to introduce a new iPhone 17 Ultra as part of its 2025 lineup. The Ultra variant will reportedly replace the current iPhone 16 Pro Max. If the report is true, it would debut as the first Ultra phone by Apple. The handset is said to come with a smaller dynamic island. Apple is expected to offer a vapour chamber cooling system in the U...

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  China's Baidu Releases 2 New, Free AI Models To Compete With DeepSeek

  Baidu announced in a WeChat post that its latest X1 reasoning model -- which the company claims performs similarly to DeepSeek's but for lower cost -- and a new foundation model, Ernie 4.5, were available via its AI chatbot Ernie Bot.

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  Apple's AirPods to Get Live Conversation Translation Feature With iOS 19 Update: Report

  Apple's AirPods will reportedly receive a software update that introduces a conversation translation feature. These TWS (truly wireless stereo) headsets will utilise a connected iPhone's processor to enable real-time translation of in-person conversations. While this feature is already available on Google's Pixel Buds with Pixel phones, Apple had e...

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  Moonvalley Launches AI Video Model Marey for Filmmaking, Said to Be Fully Trained on Licensed Data

  Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, launched a new generative video model on Wednesday. Dubbed Marey after Étienne Jules Marey, who was considered to be a pioneer of cinematography, the AI video model is said to be trained only on ethically sourced licensed data. The startup says that the nature of training data p...

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  Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini Robotics AI Models That Can Control Robots in the Real World

  Google DeepMind unveiled two new artificial intelligence (AI) models on Thursday, which can control robots to make them perform a wide range of tasks in real-world environments. Dubbed Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER (embodied reasoning), these are advanced vision language models capable of displaying spatial intelligence and performing acti...

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  Snapchat Introduces New AI-Powered Video Lenses to Paid Subscribers

  Snapchat introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature on Thursday that uses its in-house foundational video models. Dubbed AI video Lenses, the new Lens format combines Augmented Reality (AR) and generative AI elements to create unique and immersive video effects. Currently, these features are only available on the platform’s premium sub...

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  iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max Tipped to Get Liquid Cooling for Improved Thermal Management

  iPhone 17 series is rumoured to be in development as the successor to the iPhone 16 lineup. Over the last few months, the rumour mill has suggested that the purported phones could have a key new feature for managing thermals — liquid cooling. While there has been contrasting news depending on the tipster you’re believing regarding the availabil...

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  Water May Have Formed in the Universe 100 Million Years After Big Bang

  A new study suggests water formed in the universe just 100–200 million years after the Big Bang, much earlier than previously estimated. Researchers examined ancient supernovas to understand how oxygen combined with hydrogen to create water. If confirmed, these findings could change perspectives on when the conditions for life first emerged. The ...

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  iPad Air (2025) and 11th Generation iPad (2025) Sale Begins in India: Price, Offers

  iPad Air (2025) and 11th Generation iPad (2025) sale in India commenced today (March 12). Apple refreshed its iPad lineup earlier this month, equipping the iPad Air and the base iPad model with new SoCs. Available in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes, the iPad Air (2025) is powered by Apple’s M3 chipset which brings support for Apple Intelligence — the...

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  Alleged OnePlus Ace 5s Key Specifications Leaked; Said to Get MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ SoC, 6.83-Inch Display

  OnePlus seems to be preparing to launch new phones in the Ace 5 series. The lineup is likely to include a OnePlus Ace 5V model and a OnePlus Ace 5s model. The former is expected to arrive with the Snapdragon 8s Elite chip, whereas the latter could run on the MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ SoC. Most recently, a Chinese tipster has suggested details about ...

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  Alibaba Releases AI Model That Reads Emotions to Take On OpenAI

  Alibaba’s Tongyi Lab researchers showed their new open source R1-Omni in two demonstrations inferring the emotional state of a person in a video while also offering descriptions of their clothes and environment. The Chinese tech giant is looking to outpace OpenAI's latest model.

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  Luma AI Releases Ray2 Flash AI Video Model With Faster Generation Time

  Luma AI, a Palo Alto-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm, released a new video generation AI model last week. Dubbed Ray2 Flash, the model is a distilled version of the recently introduced Ray 2 frontier video generation model. The company stated that the Flash model is both faster and cheaper than the large language model (LLM), while retainin...